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The Big [Censored] Theory

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1444 points feross | 1 comments | 29 Aug 22 17:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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jrm4 ◴[29 Aug 22 18:16 UTC] No.32641533[source]▶
I find that it's always interesting to THEN consider, okay -- while there's no centralized board or anything -- what does e.g. American censorship go after?
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cdot2 ◴[29 Aug 22 18:18 UTC] No.32641558[source]▶
Anything you can think of you will be able to find that content. We simply don't have the kind of censorship that China has. Comparing the two is ridiculous.
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jrm4 ◴[29 Aug 22 18:23 UTC] No.32641625[source]▶
Your second sentence is absolutely correct, the others are not.

Easy example: compare the Marvel "Civil War" comics to the movies. The former was critical of the military in a way that could not happen in any big blockbuster movie.

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hackeraccount ◴[29 Aug 22 18:28 UTC] No.32641695[source]▶
The argument would be that you can find critical views of the military - just not in a blockbuster movie.

The question is why the people making the content in the US and China don't want to certain content. Is it because they're worried it won't be popular or because they're worried that it will be popular.

I can't prove anything (how would you?) but I tend to think in the U.S. it's the former and in the China the later.

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1. egypturnash ◴[29 Aug 22 18:43 UTC] No.32641891[source]▶
I have heard that if you criticize the US military in your film then they won’t let you borrow tanks and other resources for it. If your film glorifies the US military then they will happily give you tons of resources for your movie, up to and including piles of money.

This is not outright government censorship - you can still make a picture that says “the US military sucks” - but it certainly has an effect on big-budget films that want every dollar they can get.